| Charles Dickens "David Copperfield" |
| Mr Peggotty. "I'm a-going to seek my niece through the wureld. I'm a-going to find my poor niece." |
| Mr Peggotty and Little Em'ly "I am as rough as a Sea Porkypine: but no-one, unless, mayhap, it is a woman, can know, I think, what our little Em'ly is to me." |
| Mr Micawber makes Punch. "Punch, my dear Copperfield.... like time and tide, waits for no man." |
| "His clothes were shabby, but he had an imposing shirt-collar on. He carried a jaunty sort of stick, with a large pair of rusty tassels to it, and a quizzing-glass hung outside his coat." |
| Yet another impression of Mr Micawber. (Z) |
| " 'Me, Master Copperfield ?' said Uriah. 'Oh, no ! I'm a very 'umble person' ". |
| "If there is a scoundrel on the Earth that scoundrel's name is - Heep". Uriah Heep and Mr Micawber. (Z) (ST) |
| Old Peggoty. |
| David Copperfield. |
| "Still nobody appeared to claim the youngster from Blunderstone, Suffolk." |
| Uriah Heep. |
| Mrs Micawber. |
| "David Copperfield" was Dickens' eighth novel. It appeared in monthly parts between May 1849 and November 1850. Many episodes in the story reflect Dickens' own life, and there are some wonderful and famous characters, in particular Mr Micawber and Uriah Heep. For lots more about this novel, follow this link. |
| Betsy Trotwood. "Janet ! Donkeys !". |
| Traddles. |
| Betsey Trotwood. |
| "I was aware of a strange presence in the room, and my eyes encountered those of the staid Littimer, standing hat in hand before me." |
| "It was Mr Micawber with his eyeglass and his walking-stick, and his shirt-collar, and his genteel air, and the condescending roll in his voice, all complete." |
| "Many a woman, Mas'r Davy, as has had a daughter of about Em'ly's age, I've found a-waiting for me at our Saviour's Cross outside the village, fur to do me sim'lar kindnesses" Mr Peggotty. |
| "I could speak no more, at that time, but I wrung his hand: and if ever I have loved and honoured any man , I loved and honoured that man in my soul." |
| ""Mas'r Davy," he said, in a low tremulous voice, "I thank my Heav'nly Father as my dream's come true ! I thank Him hearty for having guided of me, in His own ways to my darling !"" |
| ""The best wish I could give you, Mr Copperfield, and give all of you gentlemen, is, that you could be took up and brought here. When I think of my past follies, and my present state, I am sure it would be best for you. I pity all who ain't brought here."" Uriah Heep |
| "Miss Betsey looking round the room, slowly and inquiringly, began on the other side and carried her eyes on, like a Saracen's head in a Dutch clock, until they reached my mother." |
| ""Well, sir, if you can make out here, for a fortnut, along wi' her," nodding at his sister, "and Ham, and little Em'ly, we shall be proud of your company." Mr Peggotty." |
| ""Just draw me a glass of the Genuine Stunning, if you please, with a good head on it". David Copperfield. |
| ""I'll drink it if you like. I'm used to it, and use is everything. I don't think it'll hurt me if I throw my head back, and take it off quick. Shall I ?" The Waiter" |
| "When I was quite a young boy, I got to know what 'umbleness did, and I took to it. I ate 'umble pie with an appetite. I'm very 'umble in the present moment, but I've got a little power". Uriah Heep. |
| "I am, however, delighted to add that I have now an immediate prospect of something turning up." Mr Micawber. |
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